Two well-known Pappas Restaurants concepts are coming to the east side of downtown.

Pappasito’s Cantina will open in the Hilton Americas-Houston Hotel at 1600 Lamar this spring. Later in the year, a Pappas Bros. Steakhouse will open at 1200 McKinney, said Christina Pappas, director of marketing for the Houston-based Pappas Restaurants.

The 7,000 square foot Pappasito’s in the Hilton Americas-Houston will be an upscale version of the traditional Pappasitos restaurant, she said. It will have both a hotel entrance and a street entrance at Crawford and Dallas. The patio will seat 65 people.

Dawn Ullrich, president and CEO of Houston First Corp., the local government organization that owns the Hilton Americas, said the group wanted a restaurant that would have the right price point and be a hit with convention goers, and Pappasito’s fits the bill.

Houston First widened the sidewalks and added landscaping on the west side of the hotel, where Pappasito’s will be, to add more vibrancy and expand the street presence of retail in the Convention District, she said.

She expects the downtown Pappasito’s to open in April.

The planned downtown Pappas Bros. Steakhouse was formerly occupied by The Striphouse.

The original Pappas Bar-B-Q at 1217 Pierce opened in 1967 and was the first restaurant in the family-owned chain. Pappas Restaurants also has a Pappas Bar-B-Q downtown at 1100 Smith.